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Sensual

//ˈsɛn.ʃu.əl// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Inducing pleasurable or erotic sensations.

    "That massage was a very sensual experience!"

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to the physical senses; sensory.

    "Plato believed that this sensual world in which we live is inferior to the heavenly realm."

  3. 3
    Provoking or exciting a strong response in the senses.
Adjective
  1. 1
    sexually exciting or gratifying wordnet
  2. 2
    marked by the appetites and passions of the body wordnet

Etymology

From Late Latin sensualis (“endowed with feeling, sensual”), from Latin sensus (“feeling, sense”).

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